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'Taylor and Patrick weren't kissing out in the open, but she wasn't being as subtle as she thought she was,' the source said, adding that, 'Conor doesn't know, but everyone else in the family does.'

Taylor's representative has denied the claim.

Getting close: The country music darling shared a romantic moment with Conor in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts on August 17

The singer has faced a series of explosive allegations about her motives for dating Conor, including a recent jab from Star, in which a source claimed members of the political family consider her a 'hanger-on'.

She also faced claims in August she 'kidnapped' 18-year-old Conor from his high school, flying him to Nashville on her private jet for a brief rendez-vous.

Brushing off the allegations, she asked the magazine, 'How did I kidnap him? You can't kidnap a grown man! These are serious accusations, now!'

Laughing, she said those rumours are the exact reason she avoids reading about herself in the press.

Caught in the drama: Conor's cousin, Patrick Schwarzenegger, pictured left with Taylor and a friend on July 4 in Hyannis Port, is rumoured to have recently kissed the singer

'It's an interesting way to spin something into a story... See, this is why I don't read stuff,' she explained.

Taylor addressed a report published that same month, in which she was accused of crashing Kyle Kennedy's wedding with Conor, and upstaging the bride.

'I have no idea what happened there,' Taylor said.

'I think that story was based on the biggest misunderstanding, 'cause I would never knowingly show up somewhere that I thought I wasn't invited to. And I would never want to upstage anybody.'

She also spoke to the magazine about her feelings on love.

'The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks,' she said.

Moving on: Taylor Swift, pictured at BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards in London on Sunday, was nominated on Tuesday for an AMA

'It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I’ll talk myself out of it...

'I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them,' she resolved.

It seems the singer has more important things to worry about, however, than defending her relationship to the media - like her American Music Awards nomination on Tuesday.

Swift earned a nod for favourite female country music artist, alongside Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert.

The Speak Now singer tweeted about the mention on Tuesday night.

'Thank you so much for the AMA nomination and for making I Knew You Were Trouble #1 on iTunes!!! That makes me so unbelievably happy,' she wrote to her 19 million followers.

The Rolling Stone issue featuring Taylor Swift is scheduled to hit shelves on October 12.